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Eclogitas refractarias con rutilo: eslabón perdido entre los continentes y el manto empobrecido
1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Resumen
La Tierra La Tierra La Tierra La Tierra La Tierra
Área de la Ciencia:
- La geoquímica es la geoquímica.
- Petrología Petrología.
- Ciencias de la Tierra Ciencias de la Tierra Ciencias de la Tierra
Sus antecedentes:
- La corteza continental de la Tierra y el manto agotado exhiben proporciones subcondríticas de elementos clave como el niobio (Nb), el tantale (Ta) y el titanio (Ti).
- Este desequilibrio elemental sugiere la presencia de un reservorio no contabilizado con proporciones supercondríticas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar el papel de la eclogita refractaria en la resolución del desequilibrio de masa observado en la Tierra para Nb, Ta y Ti.
- Determinar las características mineralógicas y geoquímicas de las rocas masivas de las eclogitas que podrían explicar estas discrepancias elementales.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de las composiciones de oligoelementos en minerales dentro de eclogitas xenolíticas del manto litosférico cratónico.
- Modelado geoquímico para cuantificar la masa requerida y la composición de un depósito de eclogita.
Principales resultados:
- El rutilo en las eclogitas xenolíticas controla significativamente la abundancia de Nb y Ta.
- Las eclogitas exhiben proporciones supercondríticas de Nb/Ta, Nb/La y Ti/Zr, consistentes con el depósito requerido.
- Se necesita aproximadamente 1-6% de eclogita en peso, con concentraciones y proporciones elementales específicas, para equilibrar el presupuesto de la Tierra.
Conclusiones:
- La eclogita refractaria, particularmente las variedades ricas en rutilo, es un candidato viable para el depósito perdido que resuelve el desequilibrio de masa de Nb, Ta y Ti de la Tierra.
- La masa de eclogita requerida sugiere que una porción significativa puede residir en el manto inferior, potencialmente cerca del límite núcleo-manto.
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